[LRflex] Re: Leica 'grade' Super Wides? (was R glass on Nikon question - hopefully the last one)

  • From: George Lottermoser <imagist3@xxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:23:58 -0600

My R 21 SA performs admirably;
as does the 15 Super Elmar (though a quirky lens).

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
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On Dec 7, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Richard Ward wrote:

> Hi Aram,
>   I wonder which Leica wide angles (beyond say 24mm) are of premium quality? 
> My 
> understanding is that in the R mount the pickings get slimmer as the angles 
> get 
> wider and looking to a Zeiss or 'whomever' gets to be a reasonable choice. 
> The 
> M's on the other hand have some splendid 'film' lenses to choose from ranging 
> from cheep voightlanders to pricey Leica's, but that Digital really put a cat 
> amongst the pidgeons as far as image quality goes. That the M mount's narrow 
> lens to sensor distances make color shifts, chromatic abberations, and other 
> anomalies, a 'right nightmare' to cope with as a lens/camera designer and 
> makes 
> seamless usage by photog's a near impossibility.
> Anyway... what's the options here?

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